Chair.



A. E. YOUNG.

CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.5,1912.

1,1 1 1,936, Patented Sept 29, 1914.'

WITNESSES THE NORRIS PETERS 50., FHOTO LITHOW WASHINGTON. D c.

ARLOW n. YOUNG, or ALBION/INDIANA.

CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedSept. 29, 1914.

Application filed November 5,1912. Serial N 0. 729,646

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARLow E. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albion, in the county of Noble, State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and use ful Improvements in Chairs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in chairs and moreparticularly to one for use in public halls or the like.

The invention has for its object to so construct a chair in such amanner that the arms and seat thereof will fold when the occupant leavesthe chair.

A further object of the invention is to provide a chair which will foldcompactly when the occupant leaves the same, which greatly aids inemptying of the aisles in case of fire, and for any other causewhatsoever.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formation, combinations and arrangementsof parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation ofthe chair, the same being in its unfolded position. Fig. 2 is a similarview showing the chair in its folded position. Fig. 3 is a side ele-Vation of a chair unfolded. F ig. 4 is a similar view showing the chairfolded. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 55 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is arear elevation of the chair.

The back 1 of the chair is preferably formed from metal and comprisesside bars 2, which terminate at their lower ends in legs 3 which areprovided with oppositely disposed feet 4, said feet being provided withapertures for the reception of securing devices 5, and by which thechairmay be secured to the floor, it being of course under stood that thesame will be arranged in rows. Connecting the lower ends of the legs 3is a bar 6 which serves as a foot rest.

Pivotally connected between the lower ends of the bars is a seat 7 thesame being normally held in its folded position by a coil spring 8 whichhas its upper end connected to the rear end of the seat and its lowerend centrally of the bar 6.

Formed upon the front surfaces of the side bars 2 are vertically spacedbrackets 9 and 10, the same being provided with registered perforations11 and 12, respectively, and in which are mounted the pintles 13, saidpintles having their lower ends fixed in the perforations 12 of thelowermost brackets so that said pintles will be held against rotation.

The arms 14 consist of upper and lower bars 15 and 16 respectively, thesame being braced by the vertical bars 1 I The bars 15 and 16 areperforated for engagement by the pintles 13, thus pivotally supportingsaid arms. It will be noted that the bars 16 rest upon the brackets 10,said brackets being provided with stops 20, which serve to limitvtheoutward swinging movement of the arms 14.

Coil springs 21 surround the pintles 13 and have their upper endssecured thereto, and their lower ends secured to the brackets 10, saidsprings serving to swing the arms 14 to their folded positions when theoccupant rises from the seat, which is caused to fold by the spring 8.

It will be noted that the seat when in its operative position is soarranged that the side edges thereof contact with the arms to hold thesame in their unfolded positions, said seat being provided with stops 22which engage the legs 3 to hold the said seat in its operative position.

From this construction it will be seen that when the seat 7 is graspedand forced downwardly, the arms 14 will be spread apart and held inposition by the seat as long as the same is occupied, but as soon as theoccupant leaves the same will swing upwardly against the back 1 to itsfolded position, and the arms 14 will swing inwardly and against theunder surface of the seat.

From this construction it will be seen that a chair has been providedwhich may be conmounted on said pivot and tending to move said armsinwardly, means to limit the outward movement of the arms the inwardmovement being controlled by the seat.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

ARLOW E. YOUNG.

Witnesses W. H. SMITH, Orro E. GRANT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents eaeh, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

